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Obituary- McElvain, Alford

A.E. McElvain Dies
Alford E. McElvain, 86, of Wamego, died Thursday at an Alma nursing home.

He was born Dec. 2, 1878, at Rossville. He was employed as a telegrapher for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1902. He served as agent and telegrapher at Rossville, St. Marys, Hays, Randolph and Wamego. He retired in 1946 and spent the rest of his life at Wamego.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at St. Marys, Consistory in Topeka, Abdallah Shrine at Leavenworth and the Old Timers Club of Union Pacific Railroad.

He was married to Louise DeMarais at St. Marys in 1905. She died in 1957. He also was preceded in death by a son, Alford McElvain.

Survivors include two daughter, Mrs. Rosemary Klesath, Topeka, and Mrs. Ethel Umscheid, Wamego; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Kuelper, Denver, Colo.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego with burial in St. Bernard's Catholic Cemetery at Wamego.